Thesaurus: proper

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1. a. Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
2. a. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
3. a. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
4. a. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
5. a. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
6. a. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
7. a. Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
8. adv. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
9. adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
10. adj. having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
11. adj. limited to the thing specified
12. adj. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs